Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest

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Calling All Artists! The Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a poster contest for all children between the ages of 5 through 14. The theme of the poster will be  “Keep Christ in Christmas”, that is, to remind everyone that Jesus is the reason for the Season.  Prizes will be awarded for winning posters.  Entries due Dec 8, 2014. Council level …

Trunk or Treat

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The St. Simon Knights of Columbus invite all families to our fun filled Trunk or Treat event on the evening of October 25th. Festivities start at the conclusion of Saturday evening Mass. For those not in the know – this event happens in the St. Simon parking lot and kids in costume go from car to car trick or treating. The Knights will be …

Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge

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We are inviting all boys and girls (ages 9 to 14) to “bend it like Beckham” The event is scheduled for Sunday, September 21 from 2-4 p.m. in the fields behind St. Simon. This competition is designed for players to demonstrate the most basic soccer skill — the penalty kick.  Each player will be allowed 15 shots at goal from the …

How many Easter eggs in the case?

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Update:  The winner is Connor McIlvaine – who is in 2nd grade and the son of Brother Rob McIlvaine. Connor posted the winning guess (without going over) of 1,114 pieces of candy.   The actual count was 1,191.   We had a lot of 1,200 guesses, but since we play by the Price is Right rules – those unfortunate participants came up …

State Free Throw Champion

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Congratulations to St. Simon’s own Ella Hagenow who won the 2014 Knights of Columbus Indiana State Free Throw Championship in the 11-year-old Girls division. Hagenow was the state runner-up in the 2013 state competition for 10-year-old girls. Representing the boys, Alex Wright also represented the St. Simon the Apostle council and the Indianapolis region in the 9-year-old boys division in the …